The House of Representatives has urged the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board to stay any punitive actions against Miss Joy Mmesoma Ejikeme over the alleged falsification of her JAMB score. This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Awaji-Inombek Abiante (PDP-Bayelsa) at plenary in Abuja on Wednesday. Ejikeme claimed to have scored 362 as against 249, the board recorded in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) through JAMB. Abiante said Ejikeme, a student of Anglican Girls Secondary School, Nnewi, Anambra, sat for the 2023 UTME and claimed to have scored 362. Abiante added that on July 2, JAMB…
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Chief Olisa Metuh, former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has me with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at Aso Rock. Metuh, a spokesperson of the opposition party of the PDP in 2015, visited Nigeria’s number one citizen alongside former Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim. The duo, who were very critical of the APC in the buildup to the 2015 elections, arrived at the presidential villa ahead of the meeting scheduled for 2pm. Anyim, who was a former Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), had worked with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi State during…
JAMB Result Forgery: Mmesoma admits Scoring 249 in UTME Resul Ejikeme Mmesoma, a student of Anglican Girls secondary school in Nnewi, Anambra State, who was accused of forging her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has admitted she scored 249 not 362. Mmesoma spoke in an interview on Channels TV programme, Sunrise Daily on Wednesday. She said the only SMS she sent to JAMB was through its support system, but got no response. According to her, “It’s not my fault that I printed my result like that and they said that I…
The trial of the Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate, Lagos, Frederick Nwajagu, for alleged terrorism, was stalled on Tuesday at the Lagos State High Court, Tafawa Balewa Square. Justice Yetunde Adesanya adjourned the case till July 5 due to the absence of defence counsel. The Department of State Services had on April 1 arrested Nwajagu, following a viral video in which he was seen threatening to invite the South-East separatist Indigenous People of Biafra to Lagos. “IPOB, we will invite them. They have no job. IPOB will protect all of our shops. And we have to pay them. We have…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has said Golden Penny Semovita and all other semolina products registered by the agency are safe for human consumption. A statement signed by the Director General, NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, explained that the attention of NAFDAC was drawn to a social media video showing a woman washing Golden Penny Semovita in a sieve using cold water, saying the woman claimed that the residue she got after sieving was plastic. She revealed that a similar video was shown in 2020 and that led to a Press Release similar to this. It…
A Kano Chief Magistrate’s Court yesterday remanded Idris Wada, the state’s former Commissioner of Works and Infrastructure, in the custody of the Kano State Public Complaint and Anticorruption Commission, PCACC, for 12 days over an alleged N1 billion fraud. Wada served under former Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. Following his arrest and arraignment by the commission, the court presided over by Chief Magistrate Tijjani Saleh Minjibir ordered the remand of Engr. Saleh, who also serves as Managing Director of Kano Road and Maintenance Agency, KARMA. Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel and Secretary, Legal Adviser of the commission, Salisu Tahir had told…
16-year-old Deeper Life High School pupil, Kamsiyochukwu Chinyere Umeh, has narrated how she studied to pass the recently concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). She revealed that she had no plans of emerging the highest scorer in the federation. She only read to pass with good grades in order to help her further her education to tertiary level. In this interview with Daily trust, Umeh, who scored 360, narrated the roles played by her parents, teachers and how often she read. Can we meet you? My name is Kamsiyochukwu Nkechinyere Umeh How old are you? I printed my result from…
Former Kaduna Central Senator Shehu Sani on Tuesday asked President Bola Tinubu to investigate former governors who stole their states and left their people in poverty. He stated that it would be unconscionable to consider commending or appointing them rather than investigating their individual regimes. Sani stated on Twitter, “It will be most unconscionable to think of rewarding or appointing former Governors who looted their states and left their people in poverty and debt into office.” “Two people in detention while the members of the defunct cabal, ex ministers and ex Governors are not called to account doesn’t send a…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has claimed someone is coaching Ejikeme Mmesoma on what to say amid the forgery allegation against her. On Monday, Mmesoma dismissed the allegation by the board that she forged her 2023 UTME result. JAMB had said the student actually scored 249 in the exam — not 362 as claimed. But the Anambra pupil countered the board’s claim in a viral video, saying she printed her result from the JAMB portal. She also said the allegation has left her “‘traumatised,” adding that “I am not capable of forging my own result”. Addressing Mmesoma’s counter-argument…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has distanced itself from the principal officers announced by Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker Tajudeen Abbas. The presiding officers of the National Assembly announced the new leaders at plenary on Tuesday. In the majority cacaus of the senate, Akpabio had named Opeyemi Bamidele, Majority Leader; David Umahi Deputy Majority Leader; Mohammed Ali Ndume, Senate Majority Whip; and Lola Ashiru, Deputy Majority Whip. While Abbas named Julius Ihonvbere, lawmaker representing Owan east/Owan west Federal Constituency of Edo was announced as the majority leader; legislator representing Ankpa/Omala/Olamaboro of Kogi, Abdullahi Ibrahim Halims, as deputy majority…
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, is currently meeting with all the Resident Electoral Commissioners at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. The meeting is the first of such open for coverage since the 2023 General Elections were concluded. On the agenda, the meeting is expected to review the February general elections and also discuss preparations for the off-season governorship Elections in Kogi and Imo in November this year. INEC spokesman, Festus Okoye, stated that the electoral umpire said the review will commence with a meeting of the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) and end with…
As Nigerians await President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ministerial list, reports show that two influential people from a particular political group will make the list. The group was said to have assiduously worked for the emergence of Tinubu as the president of Nigeria in the last presidential election. The two politicians have been identified as former governor of Edo state, Prof Oserheimen Osunbor, and a career Ambassador from Taraba State, Amb. Musa Mohammed. The ministerial list is expected to be submitted to the National Assembly for screening either this week or next week. According to reports, Osunbor and Mohammed are…